SINGAPORE: Three upgraded hawker centres will reopen for business on Thursday.

They are part of the 70 hawker centres that have been given a facelift this year under the National Environment Agency's (NEA) Hawker Centre Upgrading Programme.

Nine more centres are being upgraded under this initiative.

The three that are reopening are located at Blocks 160 and 162 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, Block 726 Clementi West Street 2 and Block 216 Bedok North Street 1.

All the cooked food stalls at the revamped centres have been retrofitted with a new mechanical exhaust system for better ventilation.

Other new features include better lighting conditions, more seats and barrier-free access for the disabled and elderly.

- CNA/yt